The sewer lateral running from your house to the city main is the one pipe you can't see and can't ignore. Patriot Plumbing diagnoses and repairs sewer lines throughout Kansas City, starting with a camera inspection that locates the exact problem and its depth and distance from the cleanout — so nobody digs a trench on a guess.
Kansas City has a great deal of old clay and cast-iron lateral, and it fails in predictable ways: root masses at the joints, offset sections where the soil has shifted, bellied runs that hold standing waste, and cast iron scaled shut to half its original diameter. Several slow drains at once, gurgling toilets, or a smell in the basement usually point to the lateral rather than to any single fixture.
Many lines don't need full replacement. Roots can be cut and a joint spot-repaired, or one bad section excavated and replaced while the rest of the run stays untouched. When a line is genuinely gone, we replace it with modern gasketed PVC.
Whatever the camera shows, you get the footage, a written scope, and a clear price for each viable option. We coordinate locates, permits, and city inspections, and we restore the yard as cleanly as excavation allows — the job ends with your lawn put back, not with a pile of dirt and an invoice.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
- Sewer camera inspection
- Line locating
- Root cutting
- Spot repairs
- Full lateral replacement
- Cleanout installation
- Cast iron & clay pipe replacement
- Permit and inspection coordination
WHERE WE SERVE
Available in Kansas City, Gladstone, North Kansas City, Liberty, Riverside, Parkville, Independence, and the surrounding metro.